Submitted on Saturday 5th July 2025
Rejected on Monday 28th July 2025
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Control domestic cat roaming to protect British wildlife
This petition asks the UK government to introduce limitations on the free, outdoor roaming of domestic cats. It requests that domestic cats are put on a lead when outdoors, and are not allowed to roam unsupervised. This is to stop cats from hunting wild animals whose populations are in decline.
Regular surveys of British wildlife have shown a significant decline in small mammal, songbird and amphibian populations, including water voles, starlings and frogs. Domestic cats contribute to this decline by preying on these animals, and reducing prey for wild predators such as owls. They also endanger our native wildcats in Scotland by interbreeding with this species. Similar policies for restricting the free roaming of domestic cats have been successfully introduced in Finland.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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You may wish to sign the following petition, which calls for similar action:
Remove the ‘right to roam’ status applicable to domesticated cats
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/725658
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